Pulling a rabbit from a top hat. Teleporting from one cage to another. Finding a coin behind a five-year-old’s ear. Magic has long inspired a sense of awe and wonder, but one portion of the population ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Magicians use a lot of psychology to trick you during a performance. (Getty Images) (Getty Images/iStockphoto) The exploits of any ...

SCOTIA, NY -- It seems the trick to getting out of a traffic ticket is knowing a little bit of magic. At least, that may be how Steven Brundage got out of a ticket when he was pulled over in upstate ...

Murray Sawchuck, aka Murray the Magician, racked up 65 million YouTube views exposing how simple tricks are done — a cardinal sin among magicians. Now his fate in the Academy of Magical Arts hangs in ...

A magician uses clever illusions to trick unsuspecting people at a mall in a playful series of pranks.

Only about 8 percent of stage magicians are women. A new generation of performers wants to change that. Anna DeGuzman, 25, who finished second on “America’s Got Talent” in September, is among the few ...

Magician Ben Seidman has an impressive resume peppered with live performances for A-list celebrities and magic royalty like Penn & Teller, featured roles in television projects, and most recently, a ...

James Randi, former magician turned debunker of paranormal claims, gave a talk on magic and miracles in the 21st century Tuesday evening titled "The Search for Chimera" in Richardson Auditorium as ...

The mentalist was the featured entertainer at the White House Correspondents’ dinner. He was in the middle of a trick when gunshots rang out. By Adam Skolnick Penn & Teller filed a Supreme Court brief ...

I mean I really love magic. My wife, Barbara, and I recently joined the Magic Castle, Home of the Academy of Magical Arts. Located in Los Angeles, it is that old castle on the hill near the Hollywood ...

The exploits of any paranormal detective — from Sherlock Holmes to Scooby-Doo — will tell you that the mysterious and the magical always have an explanation grounded in science. (Take the Victorian ...